Harmony – Featuring Sammy Carlson, One of the Best Ski Films of the Year

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Sammy Carlson’s annual film is always worth the wait and this year’s film, Harmony, may be his best yet. Sammy has been at the forefront of backcountry/big mountain freeriding for 15 years, his style and progression setting the standard. He is one of the best ever and Harmony is a showcase of contemporary freeskiing.

Is this film, Carlson and his talented film crew spending three weeks in Valdez Alaska and he does find Harmony: “that moment when you step your boots into bindings and everything else clicks into place. You’re calm in the chaos. Your body and mind are one, your skis/board an extension of self and soul.”

The skiing his incredible, the mountains and terrain dramatic and the filming, particularly some of the drone segments, is next level. Harmony is one of the best releases of the year, make sure you watch it.

From the producers:

Every diehard skier & boarder knows the feeling of harmony in the mountains. It’s that moment when you step your boots into bindings and everything else clicks into place. You’re calm in the chaos. Your body and mind are one, your skis/board an extension of self and soul. All those years of honing your craft have come to this. But you don’t force it. Instead, the mountains set the rhythm, inviting you in, and you oblige and dance, It’s these moments that keeps bringing us back, year after year.

Of course, harmony is elusive, especially in Valdez, Alaska. Here, in the promised land of Big Mountain skiing, storms can ground the most motivated crew. Steeps can freeze the fearless in their tracks. Slough can take down the strongest skier. But if you pay your dues and get lucky with a bluebird window and a stable snowpack—and you do find harmony in this ruthless range, it’s more rewarding than a lottery jackpot. And harmony is exactly what Sammy Carlson and his skeleton film crew found in Valdez on a three-week strike mission with Black Ops Heli last spring.

“I was way more at peace this year,” says Sammy, looking back. “I felt in tune on my skis and with the mountains. I was confident when I needed to be confident, humble when I needed to be humble. The crew was solid and tight. As a result, we were able to strike, get in and out safe. Alaska is the ultimate freeride experience—powerful and humbling.”- Sammy Carlson

We hope you enjoy the flick as much as we did making it. If nothing else, we hope it helps you find your own version of HARMONY in the mountains.